Resolution was released that year, followed in 2005 by Homebrewed: Live from the Pabst. The BoDeans were arguably more popular than ever, but the band took a break during the late '90s, with both frontmen devoting time to their solo careers.īy 2004, the band had reconvened and signed with a new label, Zoe.
"Closer to Free" eventually cracked the Top 20, becoming the most successful single of the band's career. Around the time of Blend's release, "Closer to Free" - a song that had originally appeared on 1993's Go Slow Down - became a hit, due in large part to its exposure as the theme song for the TV show Party of Five. This lineup stayed intact for the release of 1991's Black and White, but the BoDeans went without a drummer once again on their next recording, Go Slow Down.įollowing the release of a double-disc live album, Joe Dirt Car, the band returned in 1996 with Blend.
By the time they released their third album, Home, in 1989, keyboardist Michael Ramos and drummer Danny Gayol had joined. Outside Looking In broke into the Billboard Top 100, and the BoDeans grew their audience by touring alongside U2, appearing on Robbie Robertson's self-titled solo album, and receiving the honor of Best New Band by Rolling Stone magazine. They recruited another big-name producer, Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison, to helm 1987's Outside Looking In, which found the band reduced to a trio after the departure of Hoffman. The BoDeans worked with T Bone Burnett on their debut album, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams, which appeared in 1986 to warm reviews. Although based in Waukesha, WI, the BoDeans began building an audience 20 miles east in Milwaukee, and their success in that town helped gain them a contract with Slash Records, with manufacturing and distribution handled by Warner Bros. Llanas and Neumann fronted the group by sharing vocal and guitar duties, while bassist Bob Griffin and drummer Guy Hoffman populated the rhythm section. The BoDeans - (1986) - Love & Hope & Sex & Dreamsįormed in 1984 by high-school friends Sammy Llanas and Kurt Neumann, the BoDeans mixed Midwestern roots rock with elements of adult contemporary pop, fashioning a sound that earned critical acclaim during the '80s and commercial recognition during the following decade.
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